I'm not bitter. I love weight training and the fundamental essence of building the body.
Ragging on tools like Heath is an outlet for my amusement as I am appalled with so much of what is "the industry".
While I was in it, I was successful as, as you say, I was paid well and received quite the insider education. This knowledge, and its chafing against my character, drove me away from it.
I have a wonderful life. Have all the money I need (and more) and I haven't bartered away my integrity and honour to do it.
I suppose to be a Paul Gardiner you can't have these character attributes to begin with. His great wealth is, as far as I'm concerned, stolen money.
In the deplorable history of such individuals, he's a con man. A liar. One of little ethic.
Oh, and don't even hint towards comparing Paul to Bob Kennedy. For all his faults (and we all have them), Robert was one hundred times the man Gardiner will ever be.
MuscleMag International is legend. Kennedy's generosity known far and wide.
MuscleTech is a footnote in the book of what helped ruin bodybuilding.
HTH
Good post.
Greg Kovacs anyone?? Muscletech would not make it today. Not when you have idiots on youtube giving out steroid advice. People know those crappy protein powders aren't what make you big..Even the teenagers are hip to it now. a
Until people have been involved in it, then you really don't know how bad it is. I remember as my one friend used to say: "All of this and for NO money." Football players take risks every time they step on the field but even their league minimum is somewhere around $250K or rather it was at one time.
From what I can see, the industry has only sunk lower into the depths because there is more money to be made than ever but none of it is going towards better production for shows or benefits for their professional pageant contestants.
